Using the Progress Log to display key results

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This steps describe how to display key results from one calculation in the Progress Log so that the values can be entered into subsequent calculations.

  • Insert the calculations, in Calculation Sections
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  •  Place your cursor within the first Calculation Section and ‘Calculate Section’
     
  • Enter the design data and click Finish
     
  • Review the results to find the ‘variables’ needed for the second calc
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  • Place your cursor at the end of the first Calculation Section and before the title of the second Calculation Section
     
  • Click on the Tedds Field button and select the ‘Log’ option:
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  • Choose the Value of Variable option
     
  • Enter all the information – be careful to use the exact Variable name including case and subscripts
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  • Click OK
     
  • Re-calculate the first section


A message should appear in the Progress Log showing the variable value:

 

 

 

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You can now calculate the second Calculation Section and enter the required data.

 

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